{"id":"b07a5f96-bfde-4bb0-a761-ff7fa8907d93","task":"get a daily pollen forecast and heatmap tiles from the google pollen api","domain":"pollen.googleapis.com","steps":["Create/select a Google Cloud project, enable billing, enable the Pollen API, and generate an API key in Cloud Console","Send GET https://pollen.googleapis.com/v1/forecast:lookup?key=YOUR_API_KEY&location.latitude={lat}&location.longitude={lon}&days={1-5}","Read dailyInfo[].pollenTypeInfo[] (GRASS/TREE/WEED) and plantInfo[] for per-species Universal Pollen Index (UPI, 0-5 scale), inSeason flag, and healthRecommendations","If using a small pageSize across multiple days, follow the returned nextPageToken to page through subsequent days","For a map overlay, fetch PNG tiles from GET https://pollen.googleapis.com/v1/mapTypes/{TYPE}/heatmapTiles/{Z}/{X}/{Y}?key=YOUR_API_KEY (e.g. TYPE=TREE_UPI)"],"gotchas":["Forecast coverage is limited to a specific list of countries/regions, and within many of them only grass pollen is tracked — check the coverage table before assuming tree/weed data exists for a country","Like the Air Quality API, requires a Google Cloud project with billing enabled and an API key from Cloud Console — no separate free-standing signup","indexInfo is omitted from the response for a pollen type/plant that is out of season with a low count, so code must not assume every type/plant object always carries a UPI value"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T07:42:12.208Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b07a5f96-bfde-4bb0-a761-ff7fa8907d93"}